IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits · 1995 · 109 citations · 7 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringAnalog ElectronicsMicroelectronicsSemiconductor DevicesComplementary Metal-oxide-semiconductor TechnologyHigh-frequency Semiconductor DevicesLow-noise Circuit DesignOptical AmplifiersOptical Communication SystemsPhotodetectorsHigh-frequency Amplifier DesignIntegrated Optical AmplifiersLow-frequency NoiseLow-noise AmplifiersPhotodiode CircuitsSemiconductor Optical AmplifiersTransimpedance Amplifier DesignTransimpedance Amplifiers
Classical designs of optical transimpedance amplifiers for p-i-n photodiode receiver circuits generally employ common-emitter or common-source input stages. In this paper we explore the design of a new class of low noise "current-mode" optical transimpedance preamplifier based upon common-base input stages. Simulated and measured results of a 10 GHz GaAs HBT and 3.5 GHz BiCMOS common-base input optical transimpedance amplifier are presented.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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